tapestodiane | 024

[AUDIO - and this isn't Cooper speaking. It's a strange, stilted voice you don't recognise.]

You are heere an thereis no place to g o ... BUT HOME!!

[After that, have some laughter. Again, not Cooper.]

[ACTION ANYWHERE: A lot of you know Cooper, but none of you know exactly how bizarre his life actually is. If you run into him today - anywhere, because any one step in a 4th wall is a treacherous one - you might find him accompanied by a Little Man, clad entirely in red, with secretive eyes. He carries a ring. Coop looks ... troubled.]

[You might find yourself in a Red Room, actually. With the Little Man, the Ring, and perhaps other things. Cooper may or may not be there.]

[Or that might not happen at all. In which case just feel free to bother Coop with having your true form/powers back/your very presence. Nevermind the Little Man, he has no business with you.]

(ooc: might do some tagging with

reddrapes! the Red Room is basically a place that screws with your mind, so if you want me to mess with your characters just let me know. COME AT ME BROS)

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_{[... Huh. He's putting his hands up.]

[That's what Hiccup had done the first time they had met-- and then.... and THEN.... he had given Toothless a fish.]

[The strange man, initially worthy of wariness, suddenly has Toothless's full attention.]}

_{[Well that is certainly a change in behaviour - and Cooper looks back evenly at Toothless, not sure what might come next. It looks better than the standard rrrr beware rrr warning, but SOMEHOW, he has a feeling he should feel wary about whatever the dragon will pull.]

[Is that a hungry look in his eyes? hm....]}

_{[Oh yes. Yes it is.]

[Toothless doesn't SEE a fish on Cooper, but that's okay. Sometimes Hiccup hid them. It was like a game!]

[... Although it may not seem like a game when Toothless quite abruptly comes stalking towards the FBI agent in big, powerful strides.]}

_{[Haaaa hahaha no, it doesn't really. He backs up slowly, not sure what he'll do if the dragon decides to just .. JUMP HIM.]

[Maybe speaking to him will be a good idea y/n?]}

Hey, big fellow. What do you want?

_{[What does he want? What is that, like, a trick question?]

[Toothless continues to approach swiftly-- closing the distance between them in a matter of scant seconds.]

[It's an alarming scenario-- because hot damn he is big enough and FAST enough to pretty much end a human's LIFE if he so chose-- ... but rather than leaping upon Cooper and devouring him like a dragon in the tales of old, he seems interested in something else.]

[Namely? Pockets.]

[How many pockets do you have, Cooper?]

[You could be hiding anchovies in there, you know.]

[Unless the agent performs some fancy footwork, he will find a giant spade-shaped head nosing insistently (and a little roughly) at him-- trying to poke into his jacket, under his arms, WHEREVER THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE HIDDEN FISH. Because obviously if Hiccup did it? Everybody did it.]}

_{[Yeah nope, there's no fancy footwork involved, because Coop has a tendency to freeze up initially in alarming situations and frankly be pretty useless when he's not sure what to do.]

[A big dragon coming at you all determined-looking like that DEFINITELY counts as alarming, but once it's clear that he's looking for something other than human meat, Coop breathes out and ... is actually laughing a little.

[Because as overwhelming Toothless is, that's still pretty, well, cute - and partly because there is definitely a tickling sensation involved when the dragon noses under his arms and his breath hits the Agent's neck in that sort of rough gust of a little wind when he investigates the top pockets on Coop's vest.]

[COOP HAS ... quite a few pockets.]

[Sadly, there's no fish in any them.]}

What are you looking for? Treats?

_{[He speaks to animals differently than humans - which really isn't surprising, because EVERYONE does that, whether they like it or not. It's a little softer, a little looser.]

[And he keeps his arms up, but this time mostly to be out of the way. Let the dragon finish his search so he can stop accidentally back Cooper into the nearest wall, because that's what he's been doing with the way he's searching so thoroughly.]}

_{[SNORF SNORF SNORF SNORF wtf human there is no fish in here >8(]

[Toothless probably just keeps right on backing him up, thoroughly investigating JUST IN CASE it's a magical odorless fish that is just really well-hidden. Because YOU NEVER KNOW.]

[All the same, he does eventually pull back just a little bit to give Cooper a LOOK.]

[WHERE IS MY FISH. You basically promised me a fish.]}

_{[HE DID NO SUCH THING. Or at least he wasn't aware that he did. Sorry, Toothless - no fish for you.]

[But he does note that look of PURE DISAPPOINT, so he digs up some of the regular pokémon treats you can get anywhere. He normally keeps them for Tricia - he's in the process of teaching her a few tricks - but maybe Toothless will appreciate a handful of them, too.]

[So he moves away from that wall a little and holds a hand out (angling the rest of his body away a little cause whew big dragon). THEY ARE NOT FISH. but maybe they're still somewhat satisfactory?]}

Here, how about these?

_{[Oh what's that he's got there-- ... wtf are those. B(]

[Toothless had leaned in to sniff at the treats, only to recoil. Not because they smelled BAD, but-- ... because they were BLAND. He's never seen anything like those before. What, are those supposed to be FOOD?]

[He looks up at Cooper with narrowed eyes.]

[WHAT. WHAT EVEN IS THIS.]}

No?

_{[He shakes them a little, in that inviting gesture pet owners do, before he tucks them back into a pocket when it becomes clear Toothless isn't interested.]

[Somewhere he's still definitely mentally going EEE A DRAGON but for now there's that analytical part of his mind that's taking things in. Doesn't like that, huh. Looks like a carnivore, so that's not altogether surprising. Probably likes fresh food. He doesn't have that.]

[So he performs a sort of vague shrug.]}

Well, then I don't think I have anything for you.

_{[COOPER YOU ARE CLEARLY SUPPOSED TO KNOW THESE THINGS. GODS.]}

... Ggrrrrmf.

_{[Quite abruptly, Toothless moves forward again to give Cooper a slightly disgruntled shove with his head. It's not hard enough to hurt him or even knock him backwards too much-- just enough to show his displeasure.]

[... But hey, while he's this close, MIGHT AS WELL INVESTIGATE SOME MORE POCKETS. 8Ib Because he might still be hiding something.]}

_{[HE WAS SORT OF PREPARED FOR IT THIS TIME so he maintains his balance pretty good. But he still can't help a slight chuckle as Toothless goes back to that pocket-searching.]

[He's really just a VERY big leathery dog, isn't he?]

[So Coop will experimentally (with a total held in excitement because touching a dragon) - and slowly - put a hand on Toothless' head. Now, that's a tricky thing, cause there's not exactly an obvious place to scratch or pet when there's just .. leather and skin to go around, but this is just a test to see whether the dragon will hate him for it or not.]

[Or if he'll just completely disregard it in favour of pockets. It can really go either way, can't it.]}

Hey, I told you. I don't have anything else.

_{[Indeed! A big leathery... dog... cat... salamander... bat-thing.]

[His skin is pebbly to the touch-- and although the hand gets a flick of the ear-like appendages at the back of the dragon's skull, Toothless seems otherwise undeterred from his search.]

[THE POCKETS. MUST BE EXPLORED.]

[He starts to nip at the hem of Cooper's jacket. He's TRYING to see if there's anything hidden in the folds but with a mouth that wide, it's sort of hard to be precise.]}

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